Appetitive motivation predicts the neural response to facial signals of aggression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2719-2725

  Beaver, John D ^a   Lawrence, Andrew D ^b   Passamonti, Luca ^a,c   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anger; Facial expressions; Reward; Subgenual cingulate; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD;

EID: 40849092940     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0033-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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